The 10 most expensive TV series of the decade: from Game of Thrones and The Crown to The Mandalorian and The Morning Show

The most expensive series in history is still the sitcom Friends . One episode cost the producers about 10 million dollars, and there were 234 of them.

However, the sensational Game of Thrones could have competed with the major hit of the 90s, if the creators had not limited themselves to 74 episodes.

The most expensive shows

Game of Thrones

Each episode of the first season of the series cost approximately 6 million dollars. However, the dragons grew, the battles became bigger and bigger, and the production costs increased.

As a result, production costs per episode soared to $15 million dollars in the final eighth season.

Very strange cases

If Game of Thrones sounded expensive to you, that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

The production of one episode of Stranger Things cost about 30 million dollars. The lion’s share of the budget was eaten by computer graphics, which in the series is a huge amount. Also a significant item of expenditure were the fees of actors: Millie Bobby Brown, Winona Ryder and David Harbour received about $350,000 per episode.

Crown

Luxurious palaces, royal costumes and retro cars in historical projects are always expensive. The Crown is currently the most expensive series in this genre.

Production of one episode of the project about the life of the royal family required about 13 million dollars. The total cost of the fifth season, which viewers saw in 2023, amounted to $ 143.3 million. In total, the platform Netflix released six seasons of The Crown .

Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power

It is interesting that at one time the creation of all parts of the Lord of the Rings movie saga cost only $281 million. But times change, and the platform Amazon had to pay $250 million just for the rights to adapt Tolkien’s novels.

To date, 16 episodes have been released, the cost of each of which – about $ 58 million. Total production of the first and second seasons of the series cost $ 1 billion.

Morning show

It’s funny, but in the rating of the most expensive TV series of the decade got the project, where there are no elves, dragons and royal costumes. But there are Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.

Therefore, the production of one episode of the Morning Show cost the creators $15 million. The main characters received $1.2 million for each episode.

Mandalorian

One season of the Mandalorean series cost the Disney+ streaming service $120 million. It turns out that each episode cost about $15 million dollars.

At the same time the scale of popularity of this project is difficult to compare with Game of Thrones or Very Strange Things .

See

This series starring Jason Momoa was not particularly popular with Russian viewers, but its production was also very expensive.

The Apple TV+ platform produced 24 episodes, with a production cost of approximately $15 million dollars per episode.

Citadel

Prime Video platform generously invested in the project: the production of one episode cost a record 50 million dollars.

However, the investment did not pay off: the audience rating was frankly low.

Wanda/Vision

The cost of producing one episode of the Wanda/Vision mini-series, part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was about $25 million.

This is the characteristic handwriting of the movie giant: Marvel has never been stingy on the production of hits: for example, the budget of the blockbuster Avengers: Final Destination was $400 million, and the picture collected more than a billion dollars at the box office.

House of the Dragon

The Game of Thrones prequel is costing the streaming service more than the platform’s original hit. Twenty episodes have already been released, each costing $20 million.

House of the Dragon has become one of HBO’s most watched series, so this production value seems justified.

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